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- Fiction writer Steve Amick talks about his book "The lake, the river & the other lake : a novel," how Michigan influences his writing, his activities as a song writer, playwright, and copy editor, and his current projects. Amick is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Writer Tom Bissell talks about the writing of his book "Chasing the sea," about his experiences as a Peace Corp volunteer in Uzbekistan, his forthcoming book "God lives in St. Petersburg and other stories," his Web publishing experience, and works currently in prgress. Bissell is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Playwright and poet David James talks about fellow Michigan poet Jack Ridl, teaching and writing, producing his plays for the stage, existentialism, and his poem "Only so much no." James is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michael Steinberg, Michigan State University professor of American Thought and Language, discusses his memoir "Still pitching," about coming of age in 1950s New York. He talks about creative nonfiction, writing memoir, baseball coaches, and how living in Michigan has influenced his writing. Steinberg is interviewed by MSU Library Assistant Stephanie Mathson. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michigan author Liesel Litzenburger talks about growing up in Northern Michigan, the characters in her writing and how she has woven in her childhood experiences. She explains how she gives her young characters voice and how she tries to tell the story from their point of view. Litzenburger also talks about her current projects. Litzenburger is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Author and ecologist Stephanie Mills talks about how she started writing and publishing, writing on nature and the environment, the challenges of being a writer, the influence of Michigan on her work, bio-regionalism, and a new book she is working on. Mills is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Charles Baxter talks about his book "The Feast of Love", the relationship between the landscape of Michigan and the setting of his novels, metaphysics in his novels, his career as both a writer and a college teacher, how a male author writes female characters, and voyeurism in his book. Baxter is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-09-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Writer Michigan State University Professor Marcia Aldrich explains how Michigan influences her work, the "Fourth genre", being both a critic and a writer at the same time, and her current projects. Aldrich is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Novelist, poet, essayist, and play-write Robert Vivian, professor of English at Alma College, describes how he began writing and publishing, writing in different genres, the relationship between teaching and writing, his first novel "The mover of bones", the influence of Michigan in his writings, and his current projects. Vivian is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-09-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Professor Ilana Blumberg talks about becoming interested in reading and writing, her Jewish upbringing, and being a typical "American girl". She mentions the tensions of navigating between tradition and modernity and the special challenge for women that it poses. Blumberg also talks about how living in Michigan has influenced her writing and how she likes to write about families and the tensions of belonging while trying to find independence. Blumberg is interviewed by Kara Gust for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection